I'm looking for advice on a completely new battery charger system.
I want to replace my alternator with a high amp output but still stay within the guidelines of what my Yanmar 2GM20F can handle. I know I have a single belt today for the alternator. I do not know he belt w idly off hand. I also know that I need to size the alternator to the battery bank. I have four (4) Group 31 batteries each at about 110Ah so a total of about 440Ah total. These batteries are configured into three (3) different banks. One for starting, one for house and the other two for audio/visual items on-board. I believe that the max accept charge of the total battery bank needs to match the alternator.
Do I put a regulator on the output of the alternator or is whatever is built inside of it good enough? I know that today the alternator is.wired only to the starter and house batteries. In for. Future I want to have the alternator charge all three banks. I do like to have these banks electrically isolated so that the A/V items can never affect the house and starting batteries. The house and starting batteries are connected to a standard switch where they can be combined if needed. The A/V batteries are separate.
I then want to have one battery charging system for all batteries. I know they sell these and some of them can combine the charging to a specific batter if one bank needs noes that the other. I would be looking at a 50-60 Amp shore power (ac) charging system.
So I need some t you of high amp battery isolator system too?
Batteries are standard deep cycle batteries and not AGM or Something fancy. I feel I would rather replace the batter bank say every 3-4 years rather then spend the high dollar on something like AGM etc.
I'm sure I'm forgetting some items but looking for some guidance. I would be doing the work myself as I think I can handle it but want to have a complete understanding of everything before starting.
Yes you can say I'm nuts for having so much battery but we do have 3 LED TV's each with their own DVD player and a high end stereo system of several hundred watts.
Thanks
Dan
I want to replace my alternator with a high amp output but still stay within the guidelines of what my Yanmar 2GM20F can handle. I know I have a single belt today for the alternator. I do not know he belt w idly off hand. I also know that I need to size the alternator to the battery bank. I have four (4) Group 31 batteries each at about 110Ah so a total of about 440Ah total. These batteries are configured into three (3) different banks. One for starting, one for house and the other two for audio/visual items on-board. I believe that the max accept charge of the total battery bank needs to match the alternator.
Do I put a regulator on the output of the alternator or is whatever is built inside of it good enough? I know that today the alternator is.wired only to the starter and house batteries. In for. Future I want to have the alternator charge all three banks. I do like to have these banks electrically isolated so that the A/V items can never affect the house and starting batteries. The house and starting batteries are connected to a standard switch where they can be combined if needed. The A/V batteries are separate.
I then want to have one battery charging system for all batteries. I know they sell these and some of them can combine the charging to a specific batter if one bank needs noes that the other. I would be looking at a 50-60 Amp shore power (ac) charging system.
So I need some t you of high amp battery isolator system too?
Batteries are standard deep cycle batteries and not AGM or Something fancy. I feel I would rather replace the batter bank say every 3-4 years rather then spend the high dollar on something like AGM etc.
I'm sure I'm forgetting some items but looking for some guidance. I would be doing the work myself as I think I can handle it but want to have a complete understanding of everything before starting.
Yes you can say I'm nuts for having so much battery but we do have 3 LED TV's each with their own DVD player and a high end stereo system of several hundred watts.
Thanks
Dan
